Hyper-V – Export & Import (Part 2)
In last post, we looked at how to do a basic export / import operation. One thing we glossed over was the Reuse old virtual machine IDs option in the Import Virtual Machine dialog. As I mentioned, the virtual machine ID is what Hyper-V uses to uniquely identify a virtual machine. Simply put: if you are making a copy of an existing virtual machine, you want to generate a new virtual machine ID and will leave this option unchecked. If you are moving a virtual machine, or restoring a backup copy of a virtual machine, then you will want to reuse the … Continue reading Hyper-V – Export & Import (Part 2)